diff --git a/tokio/src/net/unix/mod.rs b/tokio/src/net/unix/mod.rs
index 19ee34a54ea..c3046f17e6b 100644
--- a/tokio/src/net/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/net/unix/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 //! Unix domain socket utility types
 
+// This module does not currently provide any public API, but it was
+// unintentionally defined as a public module. Hide it from the documentation
+// instead of changing it to a private module to avoid breakage.
+#[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod datagram;
 
 pub(crate) mod listener;